Uemura Family History
Uemura Name Meaning
Japanese: written 上村 ‘upper village’. It is from a common placename also pronounced Kamimura (which can also be written 神村 to mean ‘divine village’). A less common version is 植村 ‘planted village’. It is found in western Japan and the Ryūkyūan island of Amami. Commonly Romanized as Uyemura in older immigrant families.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022